List of prime ministers of Burkina Faso

This is a list of prime ministers of Burkina Faso since the formation of the post of Prime Minister of the Republic of Upper Volta in 1971 to the present day.

Prime Minister of Burkina Faso
Premier ministre du Burkina Faso
Coat of Arms
Incumbent Apollinaire J. Kyélem de Tambèla (Interim) since 21 October 2022
Appointer	Ibrahim Traoré, as Interim President of Burkina Faso
Inaugural holder	Gérard Kango Ouédraogo
Formation	13 February 1971
Salary	869,740 CFA francs/US$ 1,425 annually including allowances[1]

A total of fifteen people have served as Prime Minister of Upper Volta/Burkina Faso (not counting two Interim Prime Ministers).

The current interim Prime Minister of Burkina Faso is Apollinaire J. Kyélem de Tambèla, since 21 October 2022.^[2]

List of officeholders

Political parties

  Voltaic Democratic Union – African Democratic Rally (UDV–RDA)

  Organization for Popular Democracy – Labour Movement (ODP–MT)

  Congress for Democracy and Progress (CDP)

Other factions

  Military

  Independent

Status

  Interim Prime Minister

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office			Political party	Head(s) of state
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
Republic of Upper Volta
1		Gérard Kango Ouédraogo (1925–2014)	13 February 1971	8 February 1974 (deposed)	2 years, 360 days	UDV–RDA	Lamizana
2		Sangoulé Lamizana (1916–2005)	8 February 1974	7 July 1978	4 years, 149 days	Independent	Himself
3		Joseph Conombo (1917–2008)	7 July 1978	25 November 1980 (deposed)	2 years, 141 days	UDV–RDA	Lamizana
4		Saye Zerbo (1932–2013)	25 November 1980	7 November 1982 (deposed)	1 year, 347 days	Military	Himself
Vacant (7 November 1982 – 10 January 1983)
5		Thomas Sankara (1949–1987)	10 January 1983	17 May 1983 (dismissed and arrested)	127 days	Military	Ouédraogo
Post abolished (17 May 1983 – 4 August 1984)
Burkina Faso
Post abolished (4 August 1984 – 16 June 1992)
6		Youssouf Ouédraogo (1952–2017)	16 June 1992	22 March 1994	1 year, 279 days	ODP–MT	Compaoré
7		Roch Marc Christian Kaboré (born 1957)	22 March 1994	6 February 1996	1 year, 321 days	ODP–MT
8		Kadré Désiré Ouedraogo (born 1953)	6 February 1996	7 November 2000	4 years, 275 days	CDP
9		Paramanga Ernest Yonli (born 1956)	7 November 2000	11 June 2007	6 years, 216 days	CDP
10		Tertius Zongo (born 1957)	11 June 2007	18 April 2011 (dismissed)	3 years, 311 days	CDP
11		Luc-Adolphe Tiao (born 1954)	18 April 2011	30 October 2014 (dismissed)	3 years, 195 days	CDP
Vacant (30 October – 19 November 2014)
12		Yacouba Isaac Zida (born 1965)	19 November 2014	17 September 2015 (deposed)	302 days	Military (RSP)	Kafando
Vacant (17 – 23 September 2015)
(12)		Yacouba Isaac Zida (born 1965)	23 September 2015 (restored)	29 December 2015	97 days	Military	Kafando
Vacant (29 December 2015 – 6 January 2016)
13		Paul Kaba Thieba (born 1960)	6 January 2016	19 January 2019 (resigned)	3 years, 13 days	Independent	Kaboré
Vacant (19 – 24 January 2019)
14		Christophe Joseph Marie Dabiré (born 1948)	24 January 2019	10 December 2021	2 years, 320 days	Independent	Kaboré
15		Lassina Zerbo (born 1963)	10 December 2021	24 January 2022 (deposed)	45 days	Independent
Vacant (24 January – 3 March 2022)
–		Albert Ouédraogo (born 1969)	3 March 2022	30 September 2022 (deposed)	211 days	Independent	Damiba
Vacant (30 September 2022 – 21 October 2022)
–		Apollinaire J. Kyélem de Tambèla (born 1958)	21 October 2022	Incumbent	2 years, 31 days	Independent	Traoré

Timeline

See also

• Politics of Burkina Faso
• List of heads of state of Burkina Faso
• List of colonial governors of French Upper Volta

References

1. "Salaire des agents de l'Etat : Ce que gagnent les hautes personnalités - leFaso.net, l'actualité au Burkina Faso". lefaso.net.
2. "Burkina Faso transitional president names jurist as interim PM". Reuters. 21 October 2022. Retrieved 22 October 2022.

External links

• World Statesmen – Burkina Faso